General and abdominal obesity and risk of death among black women

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 901-908

  Boggs, Deborah A ^a   Rosenberg, Lynn ^a   Cozier, Yvette C ^a   Wise, Lauren A ^a   Coogan, Patricia F ^a   Ruiz Narvaez, Edward A ^a   Palmer, Julie R ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 80052601477     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1104119     Document Type: Article

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